ENEMY TRICKERY
I HOSPITAL SHIP RUNS \ SUPPLIES 5 MANILA, August 4 3 General Mac Arthur's headquarters announced that a boarding partj found arms and fake patients aboard i Japanese hospital ship in the Bands Sea. The ship is being brought to ar Allied port for investigation. Headquarters announced that the ship was clearly marked with rec crosses on the sides and the superi- structure, indicating that it carriec c neither arms nor fighting men. t . A party from blockading vessels o L> the United States 7th Fleet boardet the ship north of Timor in a routin< - investigation to ensure that the yes- " sel was operating in conformity witl " international law. 1 The found contraband, including 2\ ' heavy machine-guns, 15 light machine i* guns, ammunition in , boxes market , "medical supplies," also an undeter _; mined number of 75mm shells. The boarding party promptly begai _ investigating 1500 supposed patient; _ and removed bandages from some mci c and found no wounds, f The vessel was manned by 13 officer: 0 and 63 men.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 31, 6 August 1945, Page 5
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169ENEMY TRICKERY Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 31, 6 August 1945, Page 5
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